Yara Hatem > Yara's Quotes

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

“If we, citizens, do not support our artists, then we sacrifice our imagination on the altar of crude reality and we end up believing in nothing and having worthless dreams.”
― Yann Martel, Life of Pi

“When you've suffered a great deal in life, each additional pain is both unbearable and trifling.”
― Yann Martel, Life of Pi

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost

“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
― Albert Camus

“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Stories

“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
― William Shakespeare, As You Like It

“We’re constantly changing facts, rewriting history to make things easier, to make them fit in with our preferred version of events. We do it automatically. We invent memories. Without thinking. If we tell ourselves something happened often enough we start to believe it, and then we can actually remember it.”
― S.J. Watson, Before I Go to Sleep

“What are we, if not an accumulation of our memories?”
― S.J. Watson, Before I Go to Sleep

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time.”
― Howard Nemerov

“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.”
― St. Augustine

“Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.”
― Arthur Schopenhauer

“Of course motivation is not permanent. But then, neither is bathing; but it is something you should do on a regular basis.”
― Zig Ziglar, Raising Positive Kids in a Negative World

“العبد مش الفقير ، العبد هو اللي ما يفهم الإشارة من أول مرة.”
― أحمد مراد, تراب الماس

“انحشرت في زحام جعلني أتساءل إذا ما تم غزونا هل سيجد الغزاة مكانا خاليا لدباباتهم ؟”
― أحمد مراد, الفيل الأزرق

“تعرف السباك ... اهو في ناس في الحياة زي السباك بالظبط... فكِرك في حد يقدر يعيش من غيره؟ مستحيل.. هو كده لازم يبقي فية وصلة مابين عالم فوق وعالم تحت ... حد يسلك البلاعات اللي ماتقدرش تمِد ايدك فيها...يقفل الغطيان الفتوحة يشوفلك حاجة ضايعة .. يجيب لك صرصار مضايقك تستحمِل ريحته وقرفه وشايه وسجايره وسرقته لصابون حمامك طول ما انت عايز منه حاجه.. عارف العيب امتي بقي؟ لما تطلب من السباك ده انه يعمِل لك ديكور شقتك..تخيل سباك ومهندس ديكور....! هنا الغلط انك تكلفه بحاجة هو مش قدها”
― أحمد مراد

“Dear Daddy-Long-Legs,

You never answered my question and it was very important.

ARE YOU BALD?”
― Jean Webster, Daddy-Long-Legs

“I wish I had no heart, it aches so…”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“We're paying the highest tribute you can pay a man. We trust him to do right. It's that simple.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

“I was born good but had grown progressively worse every year.
Scout”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

“Child, child, do you not see? For each of us comes a time when we must be more than what we are.”
― Lloyd Alexander, The Black Cauldron

“A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.”
― William Styron, Conversations with William Styron

“People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

“Atticus, he was real nice."

"Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

“Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I'd have the facts.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

“People in their right minds never take pride in their talents.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

“Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father's passin'.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

“My only advice is to stay aware, listen carefully, and yell for help if you need it.”
― Judy Blume

“What's the good of living if you don't try a few things?”
― Charles M. Schulz